Alvin Cailan
Alvin Cailan | |
|---|---|
 Cailan in 2017 | |
| Born | January 1983[2][3] |
| Education | California State University Oregon Culinary Institute |
| Culinary career | |
Current restaurant(s) | |
| Website | www |
Alvin Cailan (born 1983) is an American chef, author,[5] and television host; of Filipino-American ethnicity. He is the host of First We Feast’s The Burger Show which airs on YouTube[1] and Hulu.[6] Cailan launched Eggslut, a food truck that specialized in egg sandwiches.[3] The food truck quickly became popular and often had waits that stretched to two hours long.[3][7] Eggslut has brick-and-mortar locations, including at Los Angeles' Grand Central Market and Venice, Glendale, and Las Vegas.[8] Cailan was named the head chef of Umami Burger in 2021.
Early life and education[edit]
Alvin Cailan grew up in Pico Rivera, California in a Filipino household.[9][3] To keep him out of trouble, Cailan’s parents got him a job washing dishes at a retreat house,[3] a kitchen that fed 150 people every day. By the time he was a senior in high school, Cailan was cooking and serving as kitchen manager.[8]
Cailan studied business at California State University, Fullerton. He worked for a construction company. The company was corrupt and paid Cailan two years severance so he would not be a whistleblower regarding the company's business practices. He then moved to Oregon and attended the Oregon Culinary Institute.[8]
Career[edit]
After culinary school Cailan worked at Olympia Provisions in Portland, Oregon; followed by Bouchon, and The French Laundry in Yountville, California.[7]
In 2011 Cailan founded Eggslut, an egg sandwich food truck in Los Angeles, with his cousin.[10][11] In 2013, Eggslut opened its first brick-and-mortar location in Los Angeles's Grand Central Market.[10] MSNBC declared Eggslut the most Instagrammed restaurants in the world, and Bon Appétit named it one of the Top 50 best Restaurants in the United States.[12] As of 2020 Eggslut has eight locations around the world including in Tokyo, London, Kuwait, and Korea.[13]
Cailan's cookbook titled Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in August 2020.[5]
In 2021, Cailan was named the new head chef of Umami Burger.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "EPISODE 85 ALVIN CAILAN: FROM BURGERS TO THE BURGER SHOW". Heritage Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ Sedacca, Matthew (22 June 2018). "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Mishan, Ligaya (28 August 2017). "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan Tries Healthy Indulgence at Paper Planes". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Amboy NYC". alvincailan.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ a b Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream. WorldCat. OCLC 1105151469.
- ^ "Watch The Burger Show Streaming Online". HULU. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "ALVIN CAILAN". ChefsFeed. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Rising Star Chef Alvin Cailan of eggslut - Biography". starchefs. September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Special Sauce: Eggslut's Alvin Cailan on Ruckus-Causing as a Career Path". Serious Eats. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Eggslut London: A first taste as LA's hottest bun arrives on Portobello Road". Evening Standard. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Cailan, Alvin (2020). Amboy, Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 10. ISBN 978-1328931733.
- ^ "eggslut locations". Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Quintana, Dolores; Catanzaro, Sam (November 11, 2021). "McCall's Meat & Fish Coming to Montana Avenue, P.F. Changs Leaves Santa Monica". Santa Monica Mirror. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
Further reading[edit]
- Sedacca, Matthew (2018-06-22). "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Chun, Paulo (2018-04-16). "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Phillips, Justin (2019-12-12). "Marshawn Lynch partners with celebrity chef Alvin Cailan on new 'Beastmode Burger' pop-up". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Boster, Mark (2016-01-06). "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan to open kitchen incubator in Chinatown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
External links[edit]
- Alvin Cailan at IMDb
- 1983 births
- Living people
- American male chefs
- American restaurateurs
- American television chefs
- American people of Filipino descent
- California State University, Fullerton alumni
- People from Pico Rivera, California
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- American cookbook writers
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- American male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- Chefs from Los Angeles
- YouTubers from California